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'''Hudson Soft Company, Limited''' (ハドソンソフト) is a Japanese video game developer and publisher headquartered in Tokyo.
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'''Hudson Soft Company, Limited''' (ハドソンソフト) was a Japanese video game developer and publisher headquartered in Tokyo.
  
 
Starting life off as a computer game developer, Hudson grew into one of the most recognised video game developers in the world after having success with their ''Bomberman'' series. It collaborated with NEC to create the PC Engine console (TurboGrafx-16 in the west) - a direct competitor to [[Sega]] and their [[Sega Mega Drive]], thus they released very few games for the 8-bit/16-bit Sega systems despite still producing a large quantity of games for the rival 8-bit/16-bit Nintendo systems. This changed when the TurboGrafx-16 was discontinued and the [[Sega Saturn]] arrived, with Hudson establishing itself as one of the most prolific Japanese third party companies of the console. They also produced several games for the Dreamcast and they even collaborated with [[Sonic Team]] to produce ''[[Sonic Shuffle]]'' (which is similar to [[Nintendo]]'s ''Mario Party'' series, of which they produced the first eight games).
 
Starting life off as a computer game developer, Hudson grew into one of the most recognised video game developers in the world after having success with their ''Bomberman'' series. It collaborated with NEC to create the PC Engine console (TurboGrafx-16 in the west) - a direct competitor to [[Sega]] and their [[Sega Mega Drive]], thus they released very few games for the 8-bit/16-bit Sega systems despite still producing a large quantity of games for the rival 8-bit/16-bit Nintendo systems. This changed when the TurboGrafx-16 was discontinued and the [[Sega Saturn]] arrived, with Hudson establishing itself as one of the most prolific Japanese third party companies of the console. They also produced several games for the Dreamcast and they even collaborated with [[Sonic Team]] to produce ''[[Sonic Shuffle]]'' (which is similar to [[Nintendo]]'s ''Mario Party'' series, of which they produced the first eight games).

Revision as of 19:30, 10 November 2016

Hudson Soft Company, Limited (ハドソンソフト) was a Japanese video game developer and publisher headquartered in Tokyo.

Starting life off as a computer game developer, Hudson grew into one of the most recognised video game developers in the world after having success with their Bomberman series. It collaborated with NEC to create the PC Engine console (TurboGrafx-16 in the west) - a direct competitor to Sega and their Sega Mega Drive, thus they released very few games for the 8-bit/16-bit Sega systems despite still producing a large quantity of games for the rival 8-bit/16-bit Nintendo systems. This changed when the TurboGrafx-16 was discontinued and the Sega Saturn arrived, with Hudson establishing itself as one of the most prolific Japanese third party companies of the console. They also produced several games for the Dreamcast and they even collaborated with Sonic Team to produce Sonic Shuffle (which is similar to Nintendo's Mario Party series, of which they produced the first eight games).

They also had a smaller role programming computer software, most notably the standard Human68k operating system for the Sharp X68000 computer, and hardware, such as the CPU in the TurboGrafx-16 and an assortment of NES controllers.

In April 2005, Konami purchased a majority stock in Hudson. In 2010, Konami announced that they had made Hudson into a wholly owned subsidiary, taking effect 31 December 2010. A few weeks later, Hudson Entertainment, the American division of Hudson, was shut down, canceling all projects. Konami's future plans for Hudson are unknown.

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